Volume 2 Chapter 2 Warm-up Match
On July 17, Arsenal issued a call to start pre-match warm-up training.
On this day, many familiar faces disappeared and were replaced by many new faces.
Van Persie finally chose Manchester United, he wanted to compete for the Champions League with Sir Alex Ferguson.
After all, General Van failed to keep his promise of "not to be an enemy of Arsenal", and his act of surrendering to the enemy also angered Arsenal fans.
The successive departures of two captains have left Arsenal feeling adrift.
Vermaelen was appointed as the new captain.
In just four years, Arsenal has changed three captains, which is a huge blow to a club.
There are even media reports that Arsenal is suffering from the captain's curse, and any player who wears the captain's armband will leave the team.
Of course, there is also ridicule.
There is no way to escape the 'selling out the captain' stalk.
After Vieira, this curse seems to be haunting Arsenal's captain.
They no longer have anything to do with loyalty, and no Arsenal captain has chosen to retire from the team.
Henry left too.
Henry's return was the first meeting arranged by Wenger. He was supposed to leave in March, but Wenger pushed it until the end of the league.
At this point, all the Gunners of that generation have left the team.
The second generation of gunmen also left one after another.
Arsenal will usher in a new era of three generations of Gunners!
In the physical examination room, Le Kai was shirtless, with his muscles as hard as steel and extremely explosive exposed.
The muscle lines that seemed to be carved by an axe or knife attracted everyone's attention.
Even the team doctor Levin was amazed and said: "You have been honing your body for the past year. Your current physical fitness is at a monster level in the Premier League!"
Compared to three months ago, Lekai's muscles have obviously shrunk.
This does not mean that Lucky's power has become weaker, but that it has become more powerful.
Today's Lucky is no longer that bloated guy, and he exudes a tough aura. Looking at his muscle mass, even Arshavin swallowed his saliva.
Lucky stretched his body, put on his coat, and said with a smile, "I have been busy this year."
Levin smiled and nodded. Lucky would go for a physical checkup with Patras every month.
It can be said that he witnessed the changes of Lucky from beginning to end.
Because of this, he became more and more emotional.
It takes more than a year to build up this kind of physical fitness. It takes a lot of training. Most people can't endure it.
Levin nudged Lucky with his fist and said, "Good luck this season!"
Lucky showed a bright smile and said, "Look at me destroying them!"
Levin could not help laughing.
After walking out of the medical room, Chamberlain came over.
He looked a little frustrated and said, "My physical examination results failed!"
Lucky said angrily, "Who told you to train blindly? Why would a striker like you gain any weight? Don't you want speed?"
Chamberlain was dissatisfied and said: "If I don't gain weight, I can't beat you midfielders and defenders!"
Lucky said, "Then just hide! I didn't ask you to confront me head on!"
Chamberlain's eyes widened, and he said aggrievedly, "How can I hide from you? I want to hide, but you steal the ball every time. I used to rely on my skills, but now you stick your butt out and I have to lie on the ground!"
Lucky waved his hand and said, "Go find Patles, he will tell you what to do!"
"He ignored me!" Chamberlain felt even more aggrieved: "He told me not to eat for three days!"
Lekai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
I guess Patris was also very angry with Chamberlain.
It is impossible to go without food for three days.
He meant for this guy to lose weight.
"Lose weight! After you lose weight, go find Patras and he will tell you how to do it!" said Lekai.
"I'm not included in the warm-up match yet!" Chamberlain almost cried.
Lucky comforted him, "Wait until you lose the weight."
Arsenal is about to start the warm-up match, and this time Luka will also travel with the team.
Arsenal have three warm-up matches in total.
They are July 20th, New York Red Bulls vs. Arsenal.
July 29th, Arsenal vs. Benfica.
August 3, Arsenal vs Monaco.
Except for the first game which is similar to an exhibition match and for which we have to fly to the United States, the rest will be held locally.
Since it is an exhibition match, we naturally have to pick the more expensive ones.
Main players such as Suarez, Walcott, Arshavin and Arteta all played for the full 90 minutes.
Although Lucky was also among them, he did not get a chance to play.
This exhibition match is linked to revenue, and Arsenal can earn a certain amount of ticket fees from it.
The more people see it, the more money you get.
For this reason, Wenger did not give the substitutes a chance to practice.
Although Arsenal now has the financial support of the "second" boss and is considered relatively wealthy, they have been through hard times for too long and will still be frugal.
But Wenger did not leave Lucky for too long.
After all, in Wenger's plan, Lukay must play well before the second half of the season.
Without enough playing time, this would not be possible.
In the second warm-up match against Benfica, Luka started and played the full 90 minutes.
He and Arteta have a very good understanding of each other, one attacking and one defending, making Arsenal's midfield extremely solid.
In the 90-minute game, Lucky also made 5 interceptions, 3 steals and 2 key passes.
It can be called a defensive gate!
This game made Benfica's main player Cardoso a little depressed. In this game, his data was extremely bleak.
The main reason was that he was being guarded by Lucky.
The ball cannot be passed to the player's feet, and even if the player gets the ball, it will either be intercepted by Lekai or blocked in advance.
It was so depressing to play like that!
On the Arsenal side, the new signings Suarez and Cardoso both performed very well.
With the cooperation of the two , he got a goal and an assist.
Cardoso's arrival was somewhat unexpected.
In Wenger's mind, Wilshere was given high hopes this season, but this guy's old injury relapsed at the end of the season and he went back to lying down.
One season’s reimbursement was not enough, and now there is a high probability that another season will come.
This also made Wenger increasingly impatient with the prince's health.
Despite this, with the offensive cooperation of Arteta and Cardoso and the defense of Lukay, Arsenal still won the game 1:0.
Lucky was also quite happy about these two strong reinforcements.
Thinking that they were all future teammates, I wanted to have more contact with them.
But their attitude towards Lucky is somewhat strange.
It’s not that these two people don’t want to communicate with Lucky, but they seem a little afraid of him.
This made Lekai a little puzzled.
This was the first time he met these two people, why did he feel such emotions?
He didn't know that his notoriety had already spread throughout Arsenal.
He even has the status of being the "number one bad guy in the team".
A lot of this has to do with the 'parking lot beating incident' last season!
Since this incident, Lucky has been defined as a tough guy who may explode and beat someone up at any time.
There are many players with bad tempers in the Arsenal team, but few of them actually take action like Lucky.
In broad daylight, he beat someone up with a baseball bat and a sack.
This operation alone gives people a feeling of brutality.
Not to mention, Lucky can now be considered the best in the team in terms of physical fitness!
What's more, this guy didn't do anything after beating people up!
This also makes them think more about the coaching staff's attitude towards Lucky.
I can't win a fight!
And it is basically impossible to quarrel with Lucky. In their imagination, this guy can attack at any time!
Therefore, try to build a good relationship with Lucky.
Fortunately, since that incident, Lucky has not had any problems.
Even some conflicts will be resolved through dialogue.
But this matter is like a knife hanging over their heads.
It warned them to have a calm and peaceful conversation with Lucky!
In the second training match, Luka performed very well, which made Wenger plan to continue giving him opportunities.
The third game is against Monaco.
Cardoso completed a bicycle kick in the frontcourt, but it was too fancy and the ball was intercepted.
The opponent immediately prepared to kick back.
A long pass was thrown towards midfield.
Monaco striker Germain judged where the ball would land and prepared to receive it.
But when he landed, he found someone already standing there.
Germain frowned and prepared to give it a try.
He pressed on and pushed hard.
Um?
No push!
Germain continued to push.
Lekai looked down and saw Germain, who was half a head shorter than him, pushing him. Lekai turned slightly sideways and raised his butt, and Germain was pushed away immediately.
At this time, the ball has reached the predetermined position.
While squatting, Luka jumped up to take the ball and passed it to Arteta easily.
Germain put his hands on his hips in confusion. He had just pushed and shoved the Chinese man but failed to make him move.
On the other hand, as soon as the Chinese sticks out his butt, he is bounced away.
This physical fitness... is a monster!
Lekai ran easily near the center circle, and he basically provided protection here when the team attacked .
His head kept turning, staring at the ball, predicting the path of the ball in the next second.
Suddenly, Lucky stopped!
At this time, Cardoso suddenly made a small arc pass from the ground.
Suarez made a successful forward run and scored with a clean push of the instep.
After scoring the goal, Suarez looked very excited.
Two games, two goals, this performance is enough.
He was also afraid that he would have difficulty acclimatizing after joining Arsenal, but now, at least he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
Lekai applauded from afar. This goal was very beautiful and fully demonstrated Arsenal's passing and cutting cooperation.
In fact, Lucky is quite envious.
People always envy what they can't have.
Wenger was also applauding, he was very satisfied with the players' performance.
Wenger turned around and asked, "How about the shooting data comparison?"
Patles took a notebook and said, "Arsenal had 9 shots, 6 on target, and scored a goal!"
"Monaco had 3 shots, 1 on target, no goal!"
After a pause, he said, "Most of them were destroyed in the midfield, and finally decided to use long passes to attack from behind."
Patrese laughed; "They are afraid of our midfield!"
Wenger also laughed.
"Tell me Le's data!"
"4 interceptions, 1 steal, 7 midfield disruptions!"
After saying that, Patres said with emotion; "He is Arsenal's defensive gate!"
